Thursday, September 27, 2012

Something must be in the water. I've had to make 9 baby quilts this summer. Normally I make maybe 1 a year! So here are just a few of the baby quilts I've finished recently - yes I got lazy and made duplicates of some of them since they were going to babies that would never see each other!

Monday, September 24, 2012

I have LOVED the quilts the Tentmakers of Cairo make for years and years now. Their work is truly amazing. I knew about them from a friend who lived there for a short time, and learned a lot about them. In fact I own the above quilt - a truly spectacular piece of work.

I found this interview with Jenny Bowker and 2 tentmakers on you tube. It is truly amazing to see them work. So I thought you might like to see it too! ENJOY!

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

At camp we also had a "Jelly Roll 1600 Race Fun Time". We decided not to race - just make one and see all the fun different variations that came out! 15 of us did one! And can you believe it - I forgot to take a picture of mine before I sent it home with the quilter.

I used a "Jingle" by Ann Kelle for Robert Kaufman Fabrics jelly roll and had some 1 yd cuts of a cute xmas fabric I bought at Hancock's of Paducah when I was there this spring.

I can't wait to see it again! Just believe me, mine was pretty darn cute! But hopefully in January I"ll have a new quilt finally! After a long, long, dry spell!

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Thought I would share 2 fun things I made at camp! Above is a bucket to carry all your quilting tools in when you go somewhere! I used a paint bucket but you could use any kind of bucket you wanted. I love how it turned out!

Monday, September 10, 2012

I"m back from Quilt Camp! I had a wonderful time as always! The theme this year was "Ghouls Night Out". During the last half of the past year each month we were given some patterns for a row in a Halloween Quilt. Each of us interpreted it the way we wanted. It was so much fun to see all the variations! Above is mine so far. I still want to do a bit of applique above the broom and maybe on the bottom black border. And of course I need to put eyes on the ghosts, witch and frog!